WIMS> RE: What name for Covers?

From: Richard_Landau@Dell.com
Date: Fri Oct 20 2006 - 13:19:33 EDT

  • Next message: McDonald, Ira: "WIMS> RE: What name for Covers?"

    Gee, I thought that Cover included Interlock and that they were already
    thoroughly intertwined a decade ago by the TC that you cited. It's only
    the sensor that we care about, whether it's on a door or an internal
    component -- for instance, if there is a door without a sensor, it
    certainly would not appear in this group -- so I thought that interlock
    was the more general and inclusive term.
    ---------
    PrtCoverStatusTC ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
        -- This TC was extracted from prtCoverStatus in RFC 1759.
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
            "Values for encoding the state of a particular cover or
            access panel on the printer case or enclosure."
        SYNTAX INTEGER {
                      other(1),
                      coverOpen(3),
                      coverClosed(4),
                      interlockOpen(5),
                      interlockClosed(6)
                      }
    ---------
    But if the group wants PrintDeviceCovers, hey, I'm easy. Other opinions
    or suggestions?
     
    rick
     
    ________________________________

    From: McDonald, Ira [mailto:imcdonald@sharplabs.com]
    Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 11:56
    To: Landau, Richard
    Cc: 'wims@pwg.org'
    Subject: RE: What name for Covers?

    Hi Rick,
     
    [copied WIMS list to make others aware of these issues]
     
    A Cover is NOT an Interlock (in the Printer MIB) - the Interlock is just
    the
    sensor and logic.
     
    Conflating Cover with Interlock will screw up the semantics of some
    widely
    implemented existing values of 'PrtAlertCodeTC' as well.
     
    In the WIMS and Semantic Model/v2.0 schema Subunits.xsd, the classes
    are simply Cover(s).
     
    I dislike abandoning Printer MIB terms - how about
    'PrintDeviceCover(s)'?
     
    Cheers,
    - Ira
     
    Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
    Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
    PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
    phone: +1-906-494-2434
    email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Richard_Landau@Dell.com [mailto:Richard_Landau@Dell.com]
    Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 12:39 PM
    To: McDonald, Ira
    Subject: What name for Covers?

    I think that PrintCovers is a crummy name for a class. Almost everyone
    who did not grow up with PrinterMIB would misunderstand the class until
    they read the description. I suggest PrintInterlocks. In the Projector
    & Display Management group, we are calling the comparable stuff the
    Interlock Group. (If there isn't a sensor on the door, then we don't
    care about it.) Seem reasonable to use PrintInterlock as a classname
    instead?

    rick
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